‘bibliometricians are the curse of the age’ (horsemouth sunk beneath taxation)

could this be the mash-up of robbie basho's 'mountain man's farewell' and 'il grande silenzio' by sergio corbucci (beloved of the broadway market cafe occupiers) - indeed it is.

horsemouth is cited hardly anywhere but then, mind you, he doesn’t have to justify his employment on the basis of how many times he has been cited.

as horsemouth has remarked earlier he is now earning so little that he fails to bother the tax system (instead the tax system bothers him - watch his usual panic in january). (next year/ next term sandwiches, salads, a flask of coffee and more taking the bus for horsemouth).

last night he watched cat o' nine tails an early hitchcock-esque giallo thriller by dario argento with a soundtrack by ennio morricone (as indeed does il grande silenzio)